Rainmeter Skins Disappear Upon Using Win+D or taskbar desktop button

[balala]

But when I press Win + D they disappear.
https://streamable.com/mx5cfk

Based on the posted screenshot the skins seem to flash once, but the don't disappear. They are kept on the desktop, aren't they?

[alufena]

Based on the posted screenshot the skins seem to flash once, but the don't disappear. They are kept on the desktop, aren't they?

Yes, they do!

[balala]

Yes, they do!

Did you try following Active Colors's troubleshooting?

[jsmorley]

I can confirm that Rainmeter skins are "minimized" with Win-D on Windows 11 24h2.

Rainmeter 4.5.20.3803 (64-bit)
Language: English (1033)
Build time: 2024-08-27 15:17:14
Windows 11 Pro 24H2 (build 26100.1742) 64-bit - English (1033)

Win-M does NOT minimize Rainmeter skins, but then you can't "toggle" hidden windows, but must restore them manually.

[balala]

I can confirm that Rainmeter skins are "minimized" with Win-D on Windows 11 24h2.

It seems they are not in Windows 11 23H2. When I hit Win-D, the skins are kept normally on screen.

Rainmeter 4.5.20.3803 (64-bit)
Language: English (1033)
Build time: 2024-08-27 15:17:14
Windows 11 Pro 23H2 (build 22631.4169) 64-bit - English (1033)

Win-M does NOT minimize Rainmeter skins, but then you can't "toggle" hidden windows, but must restore them manually.

See nothing related to Rainmeter skins, on Win-M. But I think the Win-M only minimize the windows, you can't restore them by the same Win-M. But you can by Win-Shift-M.

[jsmorley]

See nothing related to Rainmeter skins, on Win-M. But I think the Win-M only minimize the windows, you can't restore them by the same Win-M. But you can by Win-Shift-M.

Ah, right.

[Yincognito]

Probably slightly obsolete by now, but maybe it gives some insight:
https://superuser.com/questions/357226/whats-the-difference-between-the-win-d-and-win-m-shortcuts
And a slightly more technical take:
https://winaero.com/what-is-the-difference-between-win-d-show-desktop-and-win-m-minimize-all-keyboard-shortcuts-in-windows/amp/